IL-PRIM MINISTRU JAGHMEL ZJARA LILL-EWWEL REKLUTI TA’ L-EMERGENCY VOLUNTEER RESERVE FORCE TAL-FORZI ARMATI TA’ MALTA

F’Lyster Barracks, Hal Far, il-Prim Ministru, illum ghamel zjara lill-ewwel 60 rekluta li dahlu fl-Emergency Volunteer Reserve Force fi hdan il-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta.

L-ewwel zewg platoons ta’ Volunteer Reserves irrapportaw lil 1st Regiment AFM biex jinghataw l-uniformi militari u jkunu dokumentati.  Din kienet l-ewwel introduzzjoni taghhom fl-Emergency Volunteer Reserve Force tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta wara l-process iebes ta’ ghazla li s-sittin zaghzugh u zaghzugha ghaddew minnu matul ir-rebbiegha.

L-ewwel gurnata taghhom ta’ tahrig f’Hal Far issa titkompla fi granet ohra f’Awissu, Settembru, Novembru u Dicembru.  Il-Kamp Annwali ta’ 8 ijiem ta’ tahrig ghal Volunteer Reserves se jsir f’Malta u Ghawdex mill- 4 sal-11 ta’ Ottubru.

Kif kien imhabbar fl-inizjattiva tal-Gvern s-sena l-ohra, l-ewwel zewg platoons ta’ l-Emergency Volunteer Reserve Force tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta, se jkunu segwiti fl-1999 bir-reklutagg ta’ zewg platoons ohra.  Ir-rwol ghal Volunteer Reserves ta’ kwalità hu mehtieg biex dawn jikkontribwixxu ghajnuna dixxiplinata u mharrga lill-membri regolari tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta f’kaz ta’ emergenza civili.

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The Prime Minister today visited the first ever, sixty recruits to the newly-formed AFM Emergency Volunteer Reserve Force at Lyster Barracks, Hal Far.

The first two platoons of Volunteer Reserves reported to 1st Regiment AFM to be kitted out in military uniform and documented.  This was their first introduction to the AFM Emergency Volunteer Reserve Force following the tough selection process which the sixty young men and women underwent during the spring.

Their first day’s training at Hal Far will now be followed by other days’ training in August, September, November and December.  The Volunteer Reserves’ 8-day Annual Training Camp will be held in Malta and Gozo from 4 to 11 October.

As announced in the Government initiative last year, the first two platoons of the AFM Emergency Volunteer Reserve Force will be followed in 1999 by the recruitment of a further two platoons.  The role of the high quality Volunteer Reserves will be to provide disciplined and well-trained back-up support to the regular AFM in a civil emergency.